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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.440ZPower boat sports in waterway
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### sec.440Z Power boat sports in waterway
A person must not use a power boat, or permit the use of a power boat, in a waterway for a power boat sport if the use makes audible noise for the same affected building for more than a continuous period of 2 minutes—
on a business day or Saturday, before 7a.m. or after 7p.m; or
on any other day, before 8a.m. or after 6.30p.m.
In this section—
power boat sport means—
a sport in which a person is towed by a line attached to a power boat, including, for example, a person water skiing or riding on a toboggan or tube; or
operating a jet ski or other power-driven personal watercraft, other than for fishing.
waterway means any of the following—
a creek, river, stream or watercourse;
an inlet of the sea into which a creek, river, stream or watercourse flows;
a dam or weir.
s 440Z ins 2008 No. 52 s 41
(sec.440Z-ssec.1) A person must not use a power boat, or permit the use of a power boat, in a waterway for a power boat sport if the use makes audible noise for the same affected building for more than a continuous period of 2 minutes— on a business day or Saturday, before 7a.m. or after 7p.m; or on any other day, before 8a.m. or after 6.30p.m.
(sec.440Z-ssec.2) In this section— power boat sport means— a sport in which a person is towed by a line attached to a power boat, including, for example, a person water skiing or riding on a toboggan or tube; or operating a jet ski or other power-driven personal watercraft, other than for fishing. waterway means any of the following— a creek, river, stream or watercourse; an inlet of the sea into which a creek, river, stream or watercourse flows; a dam or weir.
- (a) on a business day or Saturday, before 7a.m. or after 7p.m; or
- (b) on any other day, before 8a.m. or after 6.30p.m.
- (a) a sport in which a person is towed by a line attached to a power boat, including, for example, a person water skiing or riding on a toboggan or tube; or
- (b) operating a jet ski or other power-driven personal watercraft, other than for fishing.
- (a) a creek, river, stream or watercourse;
- (b) an inlet of the sea into which a creek, river, stream or watercourse flows;
- (c) a dam or weir.